07-26-2009, 02:58 PM | #121 |
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I thought 'whipping up the horses' meant to go faster - wouldn't that be a strange thing to do in such circumstances?
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07-26-2009, 03:23 PM | #122 |
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Does someone know of this Sci-Fi book I read in the early 80's.
Set in the US (probably) the main plot surrounds the creation and spreading of millions of small glass beads capable of recording and playing back what they see. I think the hero/inventor may murder or have his wife murdered. |
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07-27-2009, 10:27 AM | #123 |
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07-27-2009, 05:44 PM | #124 |
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07-28-2009, 02:33 PM | #125 |
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07-28-2009, 02:46 PM | #126 | |
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07-30-2009, 06:08 PM | #127 |
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Help, I'm looking for a story written from the point of view of a dog. Can't remember if he was a stray or not but he's intelligent, manipulative and has a superiority complex towards humans. It's a fairly humorous work of fiction that I read back when I was still in high school, but, for the life of me, I can't remember what the title or who the author is now.
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07-31-2009, 11:37 AM | #130 |
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Nope, that's not it. Reading the summary and beginning, it's too dramatic to be the book I was looking for. The story's more contemporary and the dog was very tongue-in-cheek.
I'm happy to report I found the book on Amazon. The title is "A Dog's Life" by Peter Mayle. Unfortunately, it's not available in ebook format. I kinda had a feeling that was the title but when I did a Google search for it yesterday, the result I got was written by Ann M. Martin. |
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08-10-2009, 10:40 AM | #133 |
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I'm looking for a book I read about 30 years ago. It was fantasy. It was about someone (two men I believe) from the present who get transported to a medevil/fantasy type setting. He has an M1 rifle with him. They fight an evil villan (a wizard), I think. They walk around a lake. The barrel of the M1 gets bent (it gets stuck under a helmet when he shoots it). I thought the author first name was Terry (I checked Terry Goodkind and Terry brooks, quickly, and nothing stood out). How's that for a memory.
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